Unit 1
When the subject stands erectfacing the observer, with the head level and the eyesfacing forward
What is anatomical position?
are thin, and these allow for the rapid passage ofsubstances through them
What are squamous cells?
What ACL stands for?
What is anterior cruciate ligament?
Three types of muscular tissue?
Cardiac, smooth, skeletal
Bone cancer. Cancer of the osteoblast cells. Extremely rare (750-1,000) cases a year and most are inpeople under 20. Usually only occurs in long bone of young people
What is osteosarcoma?
Helps regulate body temperature; protects the body; eliminates some wastes; helps make vitamin D; detects sensations such as touch, pressure, pain, warmth, and cold; stores fat and provides insulation
What is the integumentary system?
Word that means layers in tissue
This cell synthesize and secrete the extracellularmatrix that calcifies into “bone.”
What is an osteoblast?
Another name for the skinny inner thigh muscle?
What is the gracilis?
overuse causes an inflamed tendon
What is tendonitis?
Nearer to the midline, an imaginary vertical line that
divides the body into equal right and left sides
What is medial?
appears to havemultiple layers of cells because the cell nuclei lie at differentlevels and not all cells reach the apical surface.
What is pseudostratified epithelium?
This attaches bone to bone
What is a ligament?
The two types of muscles that are involuntary?
cardiac and smooth
Spine does not form correctly in utero
Can happen anywhere along the spine
Symptoms: leg weakness, loss of sensation below thewaist
What is spina bifida?
System that regulates body activities through hormones transported by the blood to various target organs
What is the Endocrine System?
4 types of basic tissues?
epithelial, connective, muscular, nervous
Movement of opening and closing the jaw?
what is elevation and depression?
Three muscles of the lower leg
Gastrocnemius, soleus, and tibialis anterior
An incomplete breakwhere the bonebreaks in part, causingthe other side tobend. This is commonin children.
What is a greenstick fracture?
This muscle is inferior to the hamstring and posterior to the tibia
What is the gastrocnemius?
These are the two types of glands found in your body
What are endocrine and exocrine?
This division of the skeleton contains 126 bones of the upperand lower limbs or appendages plus the bone groups calledgirdles
What is the appendicular skeleton?
5 functions of the muscular system
Producing body movements
Stabilizing body positions
Regulating organ volume
Moving substances within the body
Producing heat
rare genetic diseases that cause muscles to progressively weaken and break down
What is muscular dystrophy?